Chapter 86: Hello? Have You Sobered Up?
"Why don't I recall ninjas from other battlefields for support?"
Suddenly, Mitokado Homura whispered a 'brilliant' idea.
However, as soon as the words came out, Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others rolled their eyes in unison.
"Don't fart such useless words in the future."
Now that Kirigakure is about to attack Konoha, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't be bothered to save face for his old friend.
Recall ninjas from other battlefields?
Does he have any brains?
There are originally only about two thousand Konoha ninjas on each battlefield—not many at all.
If they were to recall troops, there would be no need to fight in those other places anymore.
"..."
Mitokado Homura also realized he had made a terrible suggestion.
But there was no helping it; this was the best solution Mitokado Homura could come up with.
"There is no other choice, I have to go myself. Fortunately, there are some ninjas left in Konoha, plus the Uchiha clan, we should be able to hold them off!"
At this moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen showed no cowardice.
He chose to go to the battlefield personally.
Sarutobi Hiruzen regretted it a little. If he had known earlier, he would have listened to Aoyama Ryūun's suggestion to guard against Kirigakure.
But now, look at the result.
They only received the news after the enemy had already attacked the Land of Fire.
He sighed with considerable helplessness in his heart.
"Us?"
However, Sarutobi Hiruzen's words made Danzō, who was standing to the side, raise his eyebrows slightly.
Sarutobi Hiruzen rolled his eyes grumpily and said directly, "..."
Danzō did not speak.
He was certainly not happy with this result.
Sighing silently in his heart, Danzō decided to go to the battlefield with Sarutobi Hiruzen.
He wasn't just an empty name.
"Ahem!"
However, as fellow members of the F4, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura looked at each other.
After exchanging glances, they tacitly took a half-step back.
"Well, since you two are going, I don't need to go, right?"
"Right, right, right! The two of us can stay and guard Konoha!"
They cowed out! They cowed out!
They hadn't fought in so many years.
Make them go to the battlefield again?
That would be the death of them!
"..."
Neither Sarutobi Hiruzen nor Shimura Danzō spoke. Two pairs of silent eyes stared silently at Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura.
This old man and you are from the same era.
We are both preparing to go to the battlefield, yet you want to stay safely in Konoha?
Hello? Have you sobered up yet?
"No need to say more, come with me!"
Are you kidding?
Although he didn't think Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura would be useful on the battlefield, since he, at his old age, was going to such a dangerous place...
He wasn't going to let these two, who channeled spirits with him, slack off.
Hearing this, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura couldn't help but look at each other, both seeing the helplessness in the other's eyes!
"Hiruzen..."
They tried to struggle.
Places like the battlefield—Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura really didn't want to go.
However, Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't waste any words on these two guys.
"Enough!"
He waved his hand directly to interrupt them.
"Go back and prepare well. Tomorrow, follow this old man to leave Konoha and block Kirigakure!"
"..."
What could they do?
Since Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Hokage, had given the order, it wouldn't be good for Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura to try and slack off any longer.
They glanced at each other helplessly, then left the Hokage Building side by side.
Judging by their appearance, they were probably going to prepare some life-saving items.
Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't be bothered to care about the situation of those two old fellows.
His attention was completely focused on Danzō.
Although Danzō's strength might not be considered incredibly powerful among Kage-level ninjas, he was at least Kage-level.
"Danzō, I didn't expect us to fight side by side again."
"Hmph!"
Being told this, a flicker of nostalgia flashed in Danzō's eyes.
But he recovered quickly.
After a cold snort, Danzō said with an arrogant face, "It's merely Kirigakure. Even without you, this old man could solve it alone!"
"..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen did not answer.
He just looked at Danzō inexplicably.
Did this old guy's brain break? Listen to the nonsense he's talking.
Although Kirigakure hasn't acted in the Ninja World for years, it doesn't mean Kirigakure is weak.
On the contrary, Kirigakure's high-end combat power is not lacking in the slightest.
This old partner is a bit too stubborn/hard-headed, isn't he? Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly felt a bit worried.
"Hmph!"
Danzō didn't care what Sarutobi Hiruzen thought.
Without waiting for Sarutobi Hiruzen to reply, Danzō snorted coldly again, turned around, and left directly.
"That guy!"
Sighing and shaking his head, Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't have much time to dwell on Danzō's issues right now.
He waved his hand, and an Anbu used the Body Flicker Technique to appear in front of him.
"Go notify the Uchiha Clan Head. Tell him to prepare and head to the battlefield!"
If possible, Sarutobi Hiruzen naturally didn't wish for the Uchiha clan to have the opportunity to step onto the battlefield.
But there was no other way; Konoha didn't have the manpower.
If he didn't use the Uchiha clan's power at this time, Sarutobi Hiruzen wouldn't be confident in defeating Kirigakure.
However, the Uchiha clan's Sharingan, dealing with Kirigakure ninjas who live in mist year-round... is somewhat restrained.
But Sarutobi Hiruzen wouldn't care about that.
"Yes!"
The Anbu responded and prepared to leave.
"Wait!"
Suddenly thinking of something, Sarutobi Hiruzen spoke up to stop him.
"Also, send a message to Ryūun's side. Ask him to dispatch some ninjas to return for support!"
"Yes!"
After responding, the Anbu flickered away.
In Sarutobi Hiruzen's view, since Aoyama Ryūun was able to achieve such an advantage on the Kumogakure battlefield, then dispatching some ninjas to return and support Konoha shouldn't be a problem.
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